Is the US about to lose its measles elimination status?

One of the big victories of American science in the last few decades was conquering measles. That achievement is being reversed. The United States now stands on the brink of losing its measles elimination status.

Measles cases are “skyrocketing” across the country, said Axios, with cases reported in nine states, and “hundreds” of patients were quarantined in South Carolina in late December. Some of the surges in disease are happening in places where the measles vaccination rate is under...